Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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- 9 - twenty-four hours tied up at Pier 21. On Monday night, after a beautiful daj at sea, we approached Kew York Harbour. It was quite a thrill as we steamed nearer and nearer to the lights of New York and excitement grew as we passed a lightship anchored near the harbour entrance and finally sailed under the new Verrazano Narrows bridge, still under construction. We docked on Tuesday morning at about eight o ' clock, and after v e had left the ship, we wnnt to the King Edv ard Hotel, where we were to stay in New York. The day Y e arrived we went to have lunch at the Delegates ' Dining Room at the U.Ii. building and from there we went to a lecture on the U.N. at the World Affairs Centx ' e. That night, we sa ' w New York from the top of the seventy-story R.C.A, building and from there went to Radio City Music Hall. On Wednesday the :;,roup, having had about thirteen hours ' sleep in the List two days, rolled out of bed and assembled at the U.N. building at nine-thirty. However, a very interesting speech given by the U.N. representative from oierra Leone, com- pensated for the early hour. The speaker made it clear where the newly independent African nations stand on colonialism and South Africa ' s racial policy. On the same afternoon, most of the group went on an interesting tour of Manhatten Island, during which we saw many famous sights from Columbia University to Battery Park. During the free time on Thursday morning I saw the Guggenheim Museum, and also the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a huge place which would take two weeks of exploring if one were to look at every major piece of art on display. That afternoon, the group went to the U.N. to hear speeches from a Civil Servant employed at the U.N., and from a member of the Canadian Mission to the U.N. That night we went to see a play. In free tim.e on Friday morning, two of my friends and 1 went to the Museum of Natural History, probably one of the best in its field. Vife were fortunate to have as our companion our chaperone, who is a naturalist with the Nova Scotia Museum of Science. In the afternoon, the group toured the U.N. building and that night many of us went to Coney Island. Because we had been delayed one day by the strike, the trip leader tried his best to arrange for us to stay another day. However, this plan fell through, and we left on Saturday as had been originally scheduled. V hen we left Idlewild Airport it was sunny and warm (79 degrees) , but v fhen we landed at Halifax International Airport